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February 03, 2005
You heard it! You can't unhear it!
20 go to 10 - 10 Start Program
This track, from another sadly defunct band (in a way- I'll get to that in a minute), is a pacemaker, simulated by an acoustic guitar. It's the work of Rory Phillips, the man responsible for this song, and 50% responsible for this song. The 20 go to 10 was the name of the solo project that Rory formed directly after the Impossibles broke up- except he never really did anything with it except to record '10 Start Program' (for non-pogramming people out there: the name of the band and the name of this song both are derived from commands in Basic). Now's he got the new band (the aforeposted Nineteen Ninety-Now), and he's producing records in Austin. That's the end of the biography paragraph.
Like a lot of the stuff that Rory writes, this has a definite power-pop feel. However, this song is set apart from others of its ilk by the nervous and jittery verses, with all that palm-muted acoustic guitar abuse. It reminds me, at least in terms of dynamics, of the quick one-two crunch that Jonny Greenwood uses to introduce the chorus in Radiohead's 'Creep'. Maybe not quite as iconic, but it definitely makes '10 Start Program' stand out. The sound is actually more akin to a fiercely-strummed washboard than a guitar. But don't let that stand in your way. The chorus is a wave of guitars and cymbals, afterall.
One of the lines in this song that I think is just priceless (maybe because of my own semi-hermetic tendencies): 'beaten back we move like snails we crawl/into our homes and then become a part of them'.
Unfortunately, I can't link to any site for the band, or any place you can buy their music. Enjoy it for what it is- a loose artifact.
Posted by matt at February 3, 2005 08:00 AM
Comments
Nice work I love the title. I just noticed the new Molars logo too it looks really good. Good job keeping the genius work of Rory Phillips alive.
Posted by: Cap'n sizzlepants at February 3, 2005 01:45 PM
Yeah man, I had to use that title at some point. I was going to slap it on the Wind-Up Bird post, but, you know, Futurama paraphrasing doesn't really fit with lengthy, sad dronecore pieces. I'm just going to keep posting Impossibles-related stuff until they reunite.
Posted by: Kevin at February 3, 2005 03:56 PM